"Houshan is where we hold our coming-of-age ceremony. The elders will build a new altar there to worship God and our ancestors. When the time comes, many of the elders of the clan will pass, well, we will go too. Shangguan Minghao looked at Lin Xin and said.

"Why did you choose it in Houshan? Isn't it okay to be in other places?" is just a simple ceremony, in Lin Xin's opinion, since it is a coming-of-age ceremony of the Shangguan family, it would be good if it could be held in the clan, so he had a question in his heart.

"It has to do with our family tradition. Shangguan Minghao suddenly approached his body even more, and whispered in Lin Xin's ear: "I heard that there is a treasure in the back, which was found by my grandfather and grandfather in Zhongling Mountain a long time ago, and it has the effect of washing the meridians and cutting the marrow. If our juniors can have its help, we will be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort in our future practice. ”

"What kind of thing, so powerful?" Lin Xin was surprised in his heart, there were many cultivators in this world, but the share of these people in all the people was only a drop in the bucket, and the reason was that most of them could not cultivate. If anyone can obtain the treasure of washing the scriptures and cutting the marrow, if he is not a practitioner, he will have extraordinary talents, and he will become wiser. If he is a person with excellent talents, he will go to the next level. With such treasures, it can be said that it is a practitioner's dream.

"I also heard this from my mother, and she hasn't seen it before. It's a great thing anyway. ”

Lin Xin was shocked in his heart, but his face was normal. He thought again that the Shangguan family's ability to protect the heavens and prosper forever must have something to do with this baby. These things are not easy to come by, no wonder the Shangguan family wants to carve out a forbidden land in the back mountain.

Thinking of this, Lin Xin said: "Minghao, thank you for your trust in me." But this matter is very important, and you should not talk about it to others in the future. Whether it's an insider or an outsider, okay?"

"Of course, I told you that I thought you were my best friend. Shangguan Minghao raised his voice and relaxed his tone.

"Well, is there anything else you want? I'd like to find some books to read. Lin Xin said to Shangguan Minghao.

Shangguan Minghao knew that Lin Xin liked to be quiet when he read books, so he hurriedly said goodbye and left the study building.

When Ming Hao left, Lin Xin looked for some more books to read, but he didn't have the heart to do so anyway. In the past, Houshan was an extremely ordinary place, and you could go there as much as you wanted, and you could play as much as you wanted. Now I suddenly realized that what I had seen before was just ordinary, and there was magic on the mountain. Lin Xin thought about it, why couldn't he continue to read. I made up my mind and put down the books I had found. Go out and go.

The Wild Villa Pavilion is built on an important road in the back mountain. It leads in different directions to different places in the back mountain.

At the same time, the Yeshu Pavilion is a place where many young people in the clan have come to Houshan to play. From this place to the northeast direction, over a bamboo forest, is a lake, the water in the lake is clear and green, the migratory fish can be seen all the year round, every spring and summer, the two sides of the river are close to the grass, but also attract a lot of young men and women in the clan to come to play. Shangguan Minghao, Lin Xin and others also love this place.

There is a small river upstream of the lake, from which water flows all year round. If you walk up the river, you will hear the sound of rushing water, and it is a waterfall. This waterfall is very magnificent, about 100 zhang high, and the flowing water flows down from above to form a snow-white curtain. The splashing droplets of water hit the low places and scattered, forming crystal droplets. Water droplets are like jade, and they can shine in the sun.

The Wild Villa Pavilion goes north, that is, to the back mountain. This place can continue to go up for thousands of meters, but it is gradually covered with clouds and mist, and the miasma is aggravated, and ordinary people are not allowed to continue to move forward. This is also the forbidden place behind the Shangguan family. Except for the head of the family, the elders, and others, no one else is allowed to enter without permission.

At this time, Shangguan Lan, Shangguan Zheng and the fourth elder Li Shuyi were in the Yeshu Pavilion in the back mountain.

"Elder Li, how do you say this ceremony will be carried out?" Shangguan Lan asked. Among the elders, the person who supported him the most was Li Shuyi. Li Shuyi is a close confidant of Shangguan Lan's father, and has always worked for the old master, and the two brothers have always had dealings with him. Now this is presiding over the coming-of-age ceremony of the younger generation, and Shangguan Lan is also the first time that the eldest girl has been on the sedan chair. He didn't want to mess it up. Therefore, I brought the second brother and the fourth elder to the back mountain to discuss.

"It's not hard to say, it's not easy to say. But it is related to the future development of my family, and of course, we must not slack off. The head of the family, you are also presiding over the ceremony for the first time, of course, it is best to let someone with experience assist ......" The fourth elder was halfway through his words, and did not continue, just stared at Shangguan Lan's face and waited for him to answer.

Although Li Shuyi is a person with a foreign surname, he is loyal to the Shangguan family. Shangguan Lan knew the meaning of his words. After thinking for a while, he looked sideways at Shangguan Zheng next to him and said, "Second brother, what do you have to say?"

"Big brother, I have different divisions of labor, you are in the Lord, and I am outside the Lord. When it comes to our business outside, I'm of course very familiar with it, and even if you don't let me say it, I can't help it. However, this is an internal matter of the family, and I'm sure you'll take care of it. After a pause, he added, "It's just that you must focus on the overall situation." ”

After Shangguan Zheng finished speaking, he turned to Li Shuyi and said, "Uncle Li, you have worked hard for my family for decades, and you already know everything about the affairs of the clan. With you assisting Big Brother, I believe there is nothing wrong. ”

The fourth elder gave Shangguan Zheng a look back, meaning that he would sincerely help the head of the family.

What the four elders said just now meant was that in this big family, it was important to get along in harmony, and Shangguan Lan must take into account the opinions of several other elders, especially the Great Elder. He is a little old-fashioned, but he is also a true person in the family.

"That being the case, you say that's good, the Great Elder presides over the ceremony. Shangguan Lan was mainly asking the opinions of the four elders at this time, staring at him and saying.

The four elders knew that he had not finished his sentence and did not answer.

"I'll do the rest. ”

This is the point! Li Shuyi knew in his heart.

Actually, this ritual is a continuous process. The altar was built and the ancestors were worshipped, in order to bless the descendants to become dragons and phoenixes. He worshipped heaven and earth in order to bless the prosperity of his family. And these rituals are just rituals. The meaning of this is that it contains the meaning of prayer. The so-called God helps those who help themselves, and in the end, it depends on people's efforts.

The back is the real thing, let the juniors enter the Baiyun Cave and get what they deserve. Shangguan Lan thought that the Great Elder supported the previous matter, and you should not say anything in the back.

"In that case, then everything is up to the head of the house. Li Shuyi said.

Although it is tentative, I don't know what will happen then.

"Alright, that's it. We also went to the top of the back hill to see how the altar was built, and it will be used in a few days. Don't slow down. Shangguan Lan said to the two people beside him with a smile.

The two said yes in unison and walked up.

Shangguan Minghao heard many things from other places, or asked them. And the person who asked the most was his mother.

As soon as he finished talking to Lin Xin, Shangguan Minghao went to his Mrs. Zhou again. Because it doesn't understand some things, and it's going to ask again.

Although Mrs. Zhou has been in Shangguan's house for many years, she is only a woman. On weekdays, she is a husband and a child, and she is a housewife. There are many things that cannot and cannot be interfered with, and it is usually my husband who encounters something to talk to her. It's not necessarily how much she can know.

Walking out of the door with his head down, Shangguan Minghao didn't know where to go. I only heard my mother's voice from the house: "Hao'er, don't you go to your father." Be careful of him off. ”

"Oh, got it. "Hmph, my father doesn't tell us anything. Just when I was a child, and now that I'm not young, maybe I really want to ask him and answer my mother's words perfunctorily.

Then I thought in my heart: "Uncle and father are usually harsh on me, and they are strict with everything. But he is like a real son to Lin Xin, but he is much easier than me. Why don't I go find him and have a look? ”

Paying attention, Shangguan Minghao showed a smile on his face, turned back to the mother in the house and said, "Mother, I'm going out to play." Then he ran away with a puff of smoke.

Lin Xin originally planned to find Shangguan Minghao, but according to his nature, he didn't want to embarrass his good friend. If Ming Hao is unwilling to go, it will be embarrassing. He thought about it, but he was still embarrassed to go to Shangguan Minghao.

Hey, I'd better go by myself, it won't be difficult for Minghao.

......

When he arrived at Yeshu Pavilion, Lin Xin did not go up. He stood outside the pavilion and tried to go up many times, but he didn't move forward. In the past, he went up many times without any scruples. But this time it's different, and my heart is different, like I'm going to do something sorry for someone.

After thinking about it, he did not go to the mountain, but went to the lake in the northeast. Continue along the river and up to the edge of the waterfall. It's late spring and early summer, and it's time for the water to rise, but the waterfall is the least flowing water of the year. Compared with the majestic momentum of the past, the flowing water is much softer.

Flowing water flows down from the mountains of a hundred zhang, and there must be a source of water in the mountains, but I don't know where it comes from. Lin Xin and others have come here many times, but no one has gone up to see it.

Strange to say, the mountain walls here are extremely high, but they are extremely steep, both to the left and to the right. It is difficult for people to climb, Lin Xin has the intention to go up but can't. If you go around left and right, it's not that you haven't thought about it, but it's still not okay. Because, to the left is the west, and the cliff stretches all the way to the forbidden place of Shangguan's house. To the right is the river, but when you cross it, you go around to the other side of the lake. Lin Xin and the others have been there before.

It seems that the most direct way is to climb all the way up the waterfall. The area around the water has long been washed by the flowing water and is abnormally slippery, Lin Xin found the easiest place to climb on the left side of the waterfall and walked over.